Necktie



Sept. 19, 1933. 1 FALLAR 1,927,584-

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Patented Sept. 19, 1933 PATE-NT OFFICE NECKTIE James Fallar, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, as-

signor to Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc., Troy, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application February 11, 1933. lserial No. 656,267

2 Claims.

In the manufacture of neckties, particularly of the better class, it is customary to allx a permanent label showing any one or more of a number of facts relating to the origin and character of the product, such as the manufacturers name and/or trade mark, the character of the material used in making the necktie, that the material is imported, the name of the retailer for whom the product is manufactured, etc; and where several of these items are included the label must be so large as to be unduly conspicuous when exposed. Ordinarily the label is sewed around its entire periphery to the rear side of the larger end of the tie, and inasmuch as most neckties are made r in tubular form, usually by folding the lateral margins intooverlapping relation at the back, the label is applied over the right" side of the material, thus making the patch-like appearance of the label even more conspicuous. This mode of application also requires the additional operation of sewing the label to the tie and, when stitched along all four edges as heretofore customary, this additional operation adds materially to the cost of production.

According to the present invention the label is applied to the rear of the tie so as not to be visible from the front but instead of being applied over the right side of the material at the back it is applied to the lower edge of the back, which is shorter than the front, so as to project over the rear face of the projecting front. Thus instead of appearing as a patch over the right side of the material it appears as a tab projecting over the wrong side of the front portion of the tie. The label may be affixed by the same row of stitching which secures the turned margin of the lower end of the back of the tie, thereby requiring no more stitching than is required to make a tie without a label. The label is preferably folded with the folded ends stitched to the tie as aforesaid so that the free end of the projecting tab comprises a fold instead of a raw edge and so that indicia may be applied to both sides of the label, thereby displaying twice as much indicia for a given size label. The end edges of the label are preferably made V-shaped with their apexes substantially at the fold line and the portions of the edges on each side of the fold line approximately parallel, so thatl when the label is folded the two portions of each V-shaped edge are brought together and are oblique to the edges which are to be stitched to the end of the necktie. By making the inclination of these V-shaped ends equal to the slope of the lower end of the back of the necktie and stitching the folded edges of the label parallel with the end of the tie, the tab label projects parallel with the longitudinal dimension of the tie and hangs vertically when the tie is held in normal position. The labels are preferably made in the form of a strip which when cut along V-shaped lines, at intervals equal to the length of a label, form individual labels having selvage edges to be folded together and having the end edges oblique to the longitudinal and transverse dimensions of the fabric so as not to ravel. The indicia is arranged on one or both sides of the center line of the strip in such manner as to accommodate said V-shaped cuts.

For the purpose of illustration typical embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawing in which,

Fig. 1 is a rear elevation of the lower end of one style of necktie;

Fig. 2 is a plan View of a strip of labels for use with the style of necktie shown in Fig. 1; 75

Fig. 3 is a plan view of an individual label of the same type; l Fig. 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Fig. 1;

f- Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing another style of necktie; and

Fig. 6 is a plan view of a strip of labels-for use with the style of' tie shown in Fig. 5.

In the style of necktie shown in Fig. 1 the back is formed of two folds 1 and 2, the second fold being wider than the rst and being stitched over the first fold as shown at 3. The lower end of the tie is cut obliquely with the back portions 1 and 2 shorter than the front portion to expose an area 4 of the rear side of the front portion. The label 5 is shaped as shown in Fig. 3 and is folded about the center line 6 to bring the edges 7 and 8 together. These edges are stitched to the lower oblique end of the fold 2 by the same row of stitching 9 which secures the nturned end 10 of the fold 2 to the back of the fold. By making the inclination of the V-shaped ends (Fig. 3) of the label equal to the slope of the lower end of the back fold 2 of the necktie, the tab label projects from the lower end of the necktie parallel with the longitudinal dimension of the tie. When the label is attached in this manner the indicia on one side of the fold line is normally visible at the back of the tie and the indicia on the other side of the fold line may be inspected by swinging the tab upwardly away from the area 4.

The necktie shown in- Fig. 5 is like that shown in Fig. 1 except that the wide fold 2'- is on the left-hand side of the narrow fold l', the tab 5' being constructed like the tab 5 except in that it is reversed end to end.

Labels for use with the style of necktie shown in Fig. 1 are preferably Woven in elongate strips such as shown in Fig. 2, the indicia being arranged so that the individual labels may be cut off along the V-shaped lines 1l. With the threads of the woven strip running longitudinally and transversely of the strip in the customary way, the straight edges 7 and 8 are selvage edges and the V-shaped edges extend obliquely to the directions of the threads so as not to ravel. In forming labels for the style of the tie shown in Fig. 5 the procedure is the same except in that the indicia is so arranged that'the spaces for the V- shaped cuts 11' incline in the opposite direction lengthwise of the strip.

It should be understod that the present disclosure is for the purpose of illustration only and that this invention includes all modifications and equivalents which fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A label for attachment to the oblique end of` a necktie after being folded along a medial line to bring opposite edges together, characterized in that the other pair of opposite edges are V- shaped with their apexes substantially at said fold line and the portions of the edges on each side of the fold line approximatelyparalleLso that when the label is folded the two portions of each V-shaped edge are brought together and are oblique to said first edges.

2. In combination with a necktie of the tubutar type having the rear portion shorter than oblique end of the necktie.

JAMES 

